Siliguri, Nov. 9 -- Several fire incidents were reported from different parts of North Bengal and Sikkim on Diwali night, with firecrackers suspected to have triggered most of the blazes.
No casualties have been reported so far, though several properties were gutted.
In Sikkim, two fire incidents were reported in Gangtok and another in Namchi district. An old hospital building in Namchi was engulfed by fire, which reportedly originated near a spot where garbage had been dumped. The exact cause is yet to be ascertained, though firecrackers are suspected to have triggered the blaze.
In Gangtok's Forest Colony, a government quarter was gutted. Fire also broke out in trees along the divider of MG Marg, a popular and crowded destination for t...